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U.S. Military Bases in South Korea and Japan Confronted with Persistent Protests
CovertAction Magazine
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August 18, 2025
[Source: nytimes.com] In late June, during public commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa—one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific War that resulted in over 240,000 deaths—local authorities called for a reduction of the...
South Korea: inclusion of exports under infringing acts in Patent Act and key court decisions set to improve enforcement landscape
Intellectual Asset Management
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August 18, 2025
In summary Recent patent law developments have substantially improved the patent enforcement environment in Korea. Patent litigation in Korea often involves simultaneously handling an infringement action before the district court and an...
US tariffs tighten screws on Japanese and South Korean captive finance
Motor Finance Online
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August 18, 2025
As US auto tariffs bite and global competition intensifies, the finance arms of Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Hyundai, and Kia must pivot fast. When Toyota’s chief financial officer addressed investors in early August, his message was anything but...
An Unprecedented Crackdown in South Korea: Former President and First Lady Jailed, 5 Million Party Members Targeted
The Gateway Pundit
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August 18, 2025
President of the Republic of Korea Yoon Suk Yeol and first lady Kim Keon-hee (Credit: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Bellino) Guest post by Kim Yu-jin, Citizen of South Korea Can you imagine a former president and...
Transcosmos Releases Conversational Voicebot–Trans-Ai Voicebot–in South Korea
AiThority - California
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August 18, 2025
Delivers natural, context-aware conversations based on accurate understanding of customer intent transcosmos hereby announces that the company has developed and released “trans-AI VoiceBot,” a conversational voicebot, in South Korea. Combining the...
Seoul shares close lower on uncertainty over new U.S. chip tariffs
Yonhap News Agency
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August 18, 2025
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed lower Monday, snapping a two-day winning streak, as major chipmakers declined, weighed down by investor concerns over possible new U.S. tariffs on semiconductor imports. The won strengthened...
Business News | JSW Steel, South Korea's POSCO Group Sign Pact to Explore 6 MTPA Plant in India, Possibly in Odisha
Latestly
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August 18, 2025
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 18 (ANI): JSW Steel and South Korea's POSCO Group have signed a non-binding Heads of Agreement (HoA) to jointly explore the establishment of a 6 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) integrated steel plant in India,...
Expanding the Presence of the ALZpath Blood Test in Alzheimer Disease Research: Mike Banville
NeurologyLive
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WATCH TIME: 4 minutes "We see the blood tests as an integral piece to really be able to diagnose people at large scale. For us, being at these events and having our tests involved in both academic and commercial studies is really important to keep...
South Korea: Plans to give a legal status to telemedicine
Asia Insurance Review
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The National Assembly of South Korea will soon initiate discussion in the house to legalise telemedicine. Currently the country has just a pilot telemedicine programme that was initiated during the initial days of the COVID pandemic. South Korea's...
entertainment Health alert: Jet Li undergoes surgery, Jackson Wang cancels fan-sign after getting food poisoning
Asiaone
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August 18, 2025
Jet Li undergoes surgery Jet Li revealed he underwent surgery recently. In a Douyin post yesterday (Aug 17) morning, the 62-year-old China-born action star, who has been Singaporean since 2009, posted two photos with one of him lying on a hospital...
Hygiene violations found at 22 restaurants in Seoul during recent inspections by city
Korea JoungAng Daily
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August 18, 2025
Published: 18 Aug. 2025, 18:15 Updated: 18 Aug. 2025, 20:57 The photo shows a naengmyeon (cold noodles) restaurant in Seoul on June 17. [YONHAP] The Seoul Metropolitan Government found hygiene violations at 22 restaurants and discovered dangerous...
Health Ministry to Introduce Regional Doctor System, Establish Public Medical Academy
KBS World
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August 18, 2025
Photo : YONHAP News South Korea’s health ministry will introduce a regional doctor system and set up a public medical academy to strengthen essential and public healthcare services. Minister Chung Eun-kyung told the National Assembly’s health and...
(LEAD) Seoul shares close lower on uncertainty over new U.S. chip tariffs
Yonhap News Agency
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August 18, 2025
(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom) SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed lower Monday, snapping a two-day winning streak, as major chipmakers declined, weighed down by investor concerns over possible new U.S. tariffs on...
Seoul shares close lower on uncertainty over new US chip tariffs
Korea Herald
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August 18, 2025
South Korean stocks closed lower Monday, snapping a two-day winning streak, as major chipmakers declined, weighed down by investor concerns over possible new US tariffs on semiconductor imports. The won strengthened against the US dollar. The...
Hepatitis B, liver cancer a Bay Area health tragedy ‘hidden in plain sight’
East Bay Times - California
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August 18, 2025
James Kang moved to Milpitas from South Korea in his early 20s with his parents and younger sibling, to a diverse community that included Korean churches, grocers, restaurants, media and traditional medicine practitioners. Eventually,...
South Korea To Unveil Measures To Restructure Petrochemical Industry
Ommcom News
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August 17, 2025
Seoul: The government is set to announce policy measures to restructure the struggling petrochemical industry, which has been hit hard by a global oversupply, officials said on Sunday. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy is preparing...
Gordon Chang: South Korea’s anti-American leader is coming to Washington
World Tribune
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August 17, 2025
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, August 17, 2025 Real World News Can America’s alliance with South Korea survive one of the most virulently anti-American leaders to ever hold the top office in Seoul? That question is about to be put to the test as...
South Korean Govt To Unveil Measures To Restructure Petrochemical Industry
MENAFN
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August 17, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Seoul, Aug 17 (IANS) The South Korean government is set to announce policy measures to restructure the struggling petrochemical industry, which has been hit hard by a global oversupply, officials said Sunday. The Ministry of Trade,...
Singapore NODX drop steeper than expected, falling 4.6% in July amid pharma slump
The Independent Singapore
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August 18, 2025
SINGAPORE: Just after Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports (NODX) rose 13% year-on-year in June, it dropped steeper than expected in July, falling 4.6% compared with the same month last year. This is a steeper drop than the 1.8% contraction...
South Korea To Unveil Measures To Restructure Petrochemical Industry (Lead)
MENAFN
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August 17, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Seoul, Aug 17 (IANS) The government is set to announce policy measures to restructure the struggling petrochemical industry, which has been hit hard by a global oversupply, officials said on Sunday.The Ministry of Trade, Industry...